| 单词 | canonical hour |
| 释义 | canonical hour (once / 62537 pages) n WORD FAMILY canonical hour: canonical hours USAGE EXAMPLESIt was not the slow, rhythmic pealing that announced the canonical hours, but a strident, urgent clamor, a call to important news. Avi, Crispin: The Cross of Lead(2002) She was to be last in choir at all the canonical hours, and when not in choir to be confined in solitude. Power, Eileen, Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275...(2012) Seven times a day he is to recite the canonical hours, and, in addition, the Paternoster ten times each day and twenty times each night. Lea, Henry Charles, A History of The Inquisition of The...(2012) n (Roman Catholic Church) one of seven specified times for prayer Hypo|Hyper matins, morning prayer the first canonical hour; at daybreak primethe second canonical hour; about 6 a.m. terce, tiercethe third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. sextthe fourth of the seven canonical hours; about noon nonesthe fifth of the seven canonical hours; about 3 p.m. evensong, vespersthe sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays complin, complinelast of the seven canonical hours just before retiring hour, time of day clock time |
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